This
is a list of online
information storage
sites (FTP, Gopher,
Telnet, WWW, BBS,
Database, etc.)
that contain a
significant amount
of information
relating to or
of concern to Black
or African people,
culture, and issues
around the world,
either in files
or conferences.
Also included
(in other sections
of the list) are
resources relating
to Ethnic/Intercultural
Relations, International/Sustainable
Development (includes
Global Networking),
and Social/Progressive
Activism. Please
let Art McGee
know of any updates,
additions, corrections
or suggestions
that you might
have. This list
is up to date as
of JULY 29, 1994.

This on-line, searchable
database is built
in an effort to support
the growing community
surrounding the slave
narratives and oral
history in general.
The site also includes:
public discussion
forums for genealogists,
educators and general
discussions, private
"classrooms" equipped
with real-time chat,
discussion boards,
and lesson plans,
and a variety of links
to other Web sites
and related resources.

This is part of the
Christian Science
Monitor newspaper's
daily web site. The
site includes resources
on Black writers,
audio interviews,
daily quote, etc..
all in commemoration
of Black History Month.

The interpretive exhibits
that form the main
body of the National
Civil Rights Museum
are structured as
a series of vignettes
of key events in the
civil rights movement.
These events offer
a forum for exploring
the history of each
event, its main participants,
what happened just
before and during
that time, what was
achieved or not achieved,
and the subsequent
changes or resultant
efforts.

The WWW server contains
African Studies related
information on programs
and resources in Africa
and elsewhere. The
PennInfo server contains
information about
the Afican Studies
Program at the University
of Pennsylvania.

The Nettie Lee Benson
Latin American Collection,
located on the campus
of the University
of Texas at Austin,
is a specialized research
library focusing on
materials from and
about Latin America,
and on materials relating
to Spanish-speaking
peoples in the United
States.

This site contains
a listing of caribbean
clubs; events relevant
to Caribbean Community,
as well as events
being put on by caribbean
clubs; Gif files,
sound files, lyrics
of many popular artists
and songs; and Caribbean
news.

The MLK Bibliography
lists approximately
2700 bibliographic
citations to works
by or about Martin
Luther King, Jr.,
and the civil rights
movement. It is intended
to help both the student
and the scholar traverse
the rich and varied
terrain of primary
and secondary historical,
sociological, and
journalistic sources
on King and the Black
freedom struggle.

This newsgroup provides
a forum for discussions
on cultural, economic,
sporting and political
aspects of Caribbean
life. The 'official'
language is English,
but persons may post
in any language spoken
within the Caribbean
(e.g. French, Spanish,
French/English patois,
Creolese).

The Summit of the
Americas is an historic
event which will bring
the democratically
elected heads of state
of all the countries
in the Western Hemisphere
to Miami December
9-10, 1994. Leaders
will discuss critical
issues facing the
Americas, including
democracy and good
governance as well
as trade, investment
and environment.

The Tunisian Scientific
Society (TSS) is an
apolitical, not-for-profit
organization that
coordinates the efforts
of the worldwide Tunisian
scientific community
for the purpose of
scientific and technological
development.

The U. Georgia's Regents'
Advisory Council for
Africa organizes seminars,
workshops and academic
exchange programs;
develops links between
Georgia businesses
and prospective African
partners; and networks
between Africanists,
using library and
other resources on
Africa.

The objective of UT-LANIC
is to provide Latin
American users with
access to academic
databases and information
services worldwide,
and to provide Latin
Americanists around
the world with access
to the information
on and from Latin
America.

VIBE chronicles and
celebrates urban music
and the American youth
culture that inspires
and consumes it. Vibe
speaks to a whole
generation of young
men and women whose
lives defy categorization
along conventional
lines of race, class
or gender.

This archive is the
outcome of a collaborative
project against xenophobia
involving Saarbruecken,
Germany's town gallery,
students of the art
high school, students
of the faculty of
information science
at the University
of Saarbruecken.

Chicano/Latino brings
together research
as well as Chicano/Latino
linguistic minority
and educational research
efforts, to provide
ready access to networked
information of interest
to the Latino community.

Diversity & Division
gives special attention
to the issues of race
and culture in America
and presents diversity
of opinion by representing
the efforts of young
writers of different
racial backgrounds
who refuse to allow
popular expectations
to dictate their beliefs.

ERIC/AE's scope of
interest covers: methodology
of measurement, research,
and evaluation; application
of tests, measurement,
or evaluation in educational
projects or programs;
tests and other measurement
devices; learning
theory in general.

The National Technical
Information Service
(NTIS) introduced
FedWorld to help with
the challenge of accessing
U.S. Government Information
online. We are providing
a comprehensive central
access point for locating
and acquiring government
information.

The Civil Rights Division
of the Department
of Justice is the
primary institution
within the federal
government responsible
for enforcing federal
statutes prohibiting
discrimination on
the basis of race,
sex, handicap, religion,
and national origin.

CEDAR is the Central
European Environmental
Data Request Facility
that provides the
environmental and
scientific community
in Central and Eastern
Europe (CEE) with
access to information
regarding environmental
policies.

CGNET Services International
works to improve the
effectiveness of researchers
in developing countries
through a communication
network (CGNET) that
interconnects a group
of international research
organizations via
electronic mail and
data transfer.

ConverNet facilitates
the involvement of
interested developing
countries in global
efforts in the area
of military conversion
and provides an international
mechanism for monitoring
the transfer of know-how
and the adequate flow
of technologies to
those countries.

The Center for Renewable
Energy and Sustainable
Technology (CREST)
has been established
to demonstrate renewable
energy and energy
efficiency technology
at work today and
to encourage its use
through hands-on interaction
and education.

The Center for Urban
Poverty and Social
Change works through
collaboration with
community-based organizations,
policymakers and agencies
to build local capacity
to analyze, develop,
and evaluate initiatives
to support and strengthen
poor communities and
families.

The Center for the
Study of Population
at Florida State University
coordinates population
research and training
throughout the university,
by bringing together
faculty and students
from various academic
departments.

The International
Federation for Information
Processing (IFIP)
is dedicated to improving
worldwide communication
and increased understanding
among practitioners
of all nations about
the role information
processing can play
in all walks of life.

The Institute for
Global Communications
(IGC) is a member
of the Association
for Progressive Communications,
that works for peace,
human rights, environmental
protection, social
justice, and sustainability.

Linkages is provided
by the International
Institute for Sustainable
Development (IISD).
It is designed to
be an electronic clearing-house
for information on
past and upcoming
international meetings
related to environment
and development.

Login: inforum; Username:
visitor. The International
Forum for the Development
of Regional &
Global Partnerships
(INFORUM) is an international
group of people involved
with sustainable agricultural
research.

The Internet Society
(ISOC) fosters the
evolution of the Internet
and its use. The Internet
Engineering Task Force
(IETF) makes technical
and other contributions
to the engineering
and evolution of the
Internet and its technologies.

This public service
page has information
on the Peace Corps,
Uganda, the Rwandan
crisis, and other
links. INTAC Access
Corporation is committed
to the idea that the
Internet can be a
tremendous force for
good in people's lives.

The goal of the Rural
Health Support, Education
and Training Program
(RHSETNet) is to provide
remote health workers
immediate and easy
access to information,
training programs,
computer assisted
learning programs
and to encourage competency
in the use of new
and emergent technologies
in a cost effective
manner.

The Together Foundation
works towards positive
global change by establishing
communications and
information systems
that inventory and
integrate the resources
and needs of people,
projects and organizations
in service to humanity
and the Earth.

UNDP builds partnerships
with the people and
governments of developing
countries, with the
donor community, with
the specialized agencies
of the United Nations,
and with private institutions
and non- governmental
organizations to foster
human development.

Recent WHO material
relevant to Africa
is compiled each month
from WHO publications,
documents, periodical
articles, press releases,
newsletters as well
as non-WHO generated
news from the general
scientific and medical
press, and sent in
electronic form via
low-altitude satellite
(Healthnet, run by
SatelLife) to groundstations
in Africa.

The World Bank works
to broaden understanding
of socio-economic
development processes,
to improve the Bank's
capacity to give policy
advice to its developing
member countries,
and to support education
and indigenous research
in those countries.

The Noam Chomsky Archive
is a public collection
of files (articles,
interviews, lectures,
reviews, etc.) by
and about Noam Chomsky.
Noam Chomsky is an
Institute Professor
and Professor of Linguistics
and Philosophy at
MIT, where he has
revolutionized linguistics
twice since the fifties.
He is also one of
the most prominent
dissidents writing
in the United States
today, a severe, impassioned
and consistent critic
of US foreign policy.

Communications for
a Sustainable Future
(CSF) was founded
on the idea that the
new technology of
computer networking
should be used to
enhance communications
with the objective
of reducing conflict
to secure a more promising
future.

The Electronic Democracy
Information Network
(EDIN) provides community
groups greater access
to information in
the on-line world
through electronic
communication, to
help avoid the danger
of a split between
the information haves
and have-nots. Note:
125X=EDIN, 2000=CoC.

Electronic Frontier
Canada (EFC) was founded
to ensure that the
principles embodied
in the Canadian Charter
of Rights and Freedoms
are protected as new
computing, communications,
and information technologies
emerge. EFC is working
to shape Canada's
computing and communications
infrastructure and
the policies that
govern it, in order
to maintain privacy
and other democratic
values.

EFF works to shape
our nation's communications
infrastructure and
the policies that
govern it in order
to maintain and enhance
First Amendment, privacy
and other democratic
values, and to foster
the creation of Electronic
Democracy.

The Institute for
Global Communications
(IGC) works for peace,
human rights, environmental
protection, social
justice, and sustainability
through it's four
computer networks:
PeaceNet(TM), EcoNet(TM),
ConflictNet and LaborNet.

The Queer Resources
Directory (QRD) is
an electronic library
with news clippings,
political contact
information, newsletters,
essays, images, and
every other kind of
information resource
of interest to the
GLBO community.